ATTACK ACTIONS HANDOUT

File: aaape_02.txt
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PERSONAL CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTION:

   M8 PAPER;

         - DETECTS LIQUID NERVE AND BLISTER AGENTS.

              --IF M8 PAPER COMES INTO CONTACT WITH LIQUID
                 NERVE AGENTS IT WILL TURN EITHER GREEN OR GOLD

              --IF M8 PAPER COMES INTO CONTACT WITH LIQUID
                 BLISTER  AGENTS IT WILL TURN RED

         - TO USE, DAB OR DROP A SHEET OF THE M8 PAPER INTO
            SUSPECTED CONTAMINATION AND WATCH FOR  AN INSTANT
            COLOR CHANGE

   M9 TAPE;

         - DETECTS LIQUID NERVE AND BLISTER AGENTS.

         	-M9 TAPE DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN NERVE
                 AND BLISTER AGENTS

              --IF M9 TAPE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH EITHER NERVE
                 OR BLISTER AGENTS IT WILL TURN PINK/RED

         - TO USE, PLACE M9 TAPE ON SURFACES THAT ARE LIKELY TO
            BECOME CONTAMINATED AND ON THE CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE
            ENSEMBLE (AROUND UPPER ARM, WRIST AND ANKLE) 

DECONTAMINATION:

   M258A1 PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION KIT;

         - DECONTAMINATES LIQUID NERVE AND BLISTER AGENTS.

             --CAN BE USED ON SKIN AND/OR SMALL PIECES OF
                 INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT

         - INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ARE PRINTED ON THE SIDE OF THE
            PLASTIC CASE AND ON EACH PACKET

              -- USE PACKET I FOR ONE MINUTE

              -- CRUSH INNER AMPOULES OF PACKET II PRIOR TO USE

              -- USE PACKET II FOR TWO TO THREE MINUTES

         - INSPECTION;

              -- CHECK EACH PACKET FOR RIPS/TEARS

              -- CHECK PACKET II-- FOR SWELLING (IF YOU CANNOT
                 FEEL THE INNER VIALS, REPLACE THE PACKET)

              -- ENSURE THE INNER VIALS OF PACKET II HAVE NOT
                 BEEN CRUSHED